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09-30-2009, 05:20 PM
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| Saturn brand phased out
Who here owns a Saturn? i personally think the only saturn looks good is the sky model http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GM-to-...&asset=&ccode= | 
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09-30-2009, 05:32 PM
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#2 | | ESKETIT
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09-30-2009, 05:40 PM
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#3 | | RabidMod
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damn, i liked the sky too
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09-30-2009, 05:43 PM
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#4 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Damn, I liked the new Aura. And the Astra. And the Sky.
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09-30-2009, 05:48 PM
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#5 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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I like the exterior of all the current saturn models, well maybe not the big suv
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09-30-2009, 06:40 PM
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yeah i thought Saturn was making some good moves recently... oh wells
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09-30-2009, 06:48 PM
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#7 | | I am on the internets
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too bad.
the Vue is a nice truck, among with the afformentioned models
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10-01-2009, 12:44 AM
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i used to drive a saturn :P still in the household.
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10-01-2009, 12:56 AM
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friend just got a new astra
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10-01-2009, 06:18 AM
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Opel still makes the Astra in Europe...Thank the lord Saturn shut down, they are so ugly. The Sky is just a Solstice with a different body.
I do have to say I liked the front ends on the early model Vues, looked kinda cool. But they had some real annoying ads in their time.
Like when those old ladies want to watch the young guy bend over to look in his back seat of his lame coupe, but then he BUSTS OUT the '3rd door' and doesn't have to bend over and they get all disappointed...
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10-01-2009, 07:40 AM
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#11 | | Witness protection
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Originally Posted by SpartanAir The Sky is just a Solstice with a different body. | i thought that the sky and solstice was based on the opel speedster? 
still... i was hoping saturn would survive as a division that would carry all of GM's european models. oh well 
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10-01-2009, 07:59 AM
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#12 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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Except the opel speedster is mid engined... Quote: |
The Sky is just a Solstice with a different body.
| That's not really a bad thing since it looks better, they should get rid of the solstice instead  or both! Just look at that trunk space,
maybe they should've just sold the opel speedster in a slightly more luxurious version here instead since the trunk space of the solstice/sky convertibles is absolutely inaccessible due to the fuel tank practicality isn't good either way
And the speedster would've been competitive on the track, whereas even the GXP solstice doesn't fair that well with the competition considering it has 260hp
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10-01-2009, 08:00 AM
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#13 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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haha damn, just this last month when i was in the states i've been seeing that saturn commercial with the black guy in green shirt saying how saturn makes cars americans wanna buy at least 10 times a day. Well i guess they dont =/
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10-01-2009, 08:05 AM
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when solstice / sky first came out about 3 years ago people were buying it
now i hardly see them on the street
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10-01-2009, 10:34 AM
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the easiest way is to just bring re-brand them as opel. Opel gives a nice ring but saturn just seem...........i dunno, lame. Seriously, using a planet name as a brand is kinda lame, same goes with mercury. I guess I watched too much sailormoon. 
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10-01-2009, 11:34 AM
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10-01-2009, 06:46 PM
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#17 | | "They call me Bowser...RawR!"
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Originally Posted by thumper i thought that the sky and solstice was based on the opel speedster? |
The Sky is the North American version of the Opel GT. Both are based on the  platform, the Solstice was the first car to use this platform.
The Opel Speedster uses the Lotus Elise chassis but with a 2.0L turbo motor. There was talk way back about GM bringing over the Speedster as the new Pontiac Fiero. Shame they didnt, I'd totally rock one. Handled like, faster than and thousands less than the Elise.
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10-01-2009, 09:33 PM
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#18 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon The Sky is the North American version of the Opel GT. Both are based on the platform, the Solstice was the first car to use this platform.
The Opel Speedster uses the Lotus Elise chassis but with a 2.0L turbo motor. There was talk way back about GM bringing over the Speedster as the new Pontiac Fiero. Shame they didnt, I'd totally rock one. Handled like, faster than and thousands less than the Elise. | +1 new fiero would've been awesome, probably better built and more usable than the elise
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10-02-2009, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 the easiest way is to just bring re-brand them as opel. Opel gives a nice ring but saturn just seem...........i dunno, lame. Seriously, using a planet name as a brand is kinda lame, same goes with mercury. I guess I watched too much sailormoon.  | I'm down I'm down.
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10-02-2009, 10:12 AM
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#20 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 the easiest way is to just bring re-brand them as opel. Opel gives a nice ring but saturn just seem...........i dunno, lame. Seriously, using a planet name as a brand is kinda lame, same goes with mercury. I guess I watched too much sailormoon. | yeeeee
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10-02-2009, 10:21 AM
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#21 | | Media Officer / MOD
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the astra's pretty nice.....
also the older Vue redline it had a 3.5 v6 from Honda J35's awesome
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10-03-2009, 04:55 PM
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#22 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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My mom owns an Aura, looks pretty good imo, and no major problems in 2 years of ownership. Shame Saturn will be gone.
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10-03-2009, 05:59 PM
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#23 | | Witness protection
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a few days ago the local saturn dealerships were agressively advertising their stock with big 1/2 page ads in the vancouver sun... but now they are gone. i wonder what is going on (eg. all saturn dealerships shut down?)...
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